Premieres Wednesday:
Death Before the Wedding — Her parents’ disapproval of her fiancé and the possible loss of the family dairy farm are two of the obstacles a Polish bride-to-be has to surmount in this Valentine’s Week romcom. Listen, if she can live with the raw milk, they can live with the rawdogging. (Netflix)
Harlem Ice — A five-part docuseries follows a bunch of New York athletes as they attempt to raise the profile of Black women in figure skating. You’ll know they’ve really succeeded when somebody calls one of them a man. (Disney+)
Honeymoon Crasher — When his fiancée makes like Julia Roberts by abandoning him at the altar, a humiliated Frenchman decides to salvage the honeymoon by going with … his mother. And to think that another country gave us Freud. (Netflix)
Premieres Thursday:
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Wanna feel old? Bridget Jones is now a widowed single mom, and she’s mulling her options for moving forward in this fourth franchise entry. Includes special appearances by Colin Firth, Hugh Grant and maybe even that bowling shirt you used to love 20 years ago but haven’t thought of pulling out since. (Peacock)
Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3 — Miyagi-Do’s trip to the Sekai Taikai ended in tragedy — as in a full-on fatality. Now they have to try to make some sense of it all and find a way to move forward as the series concludes. I dunno, maybe they could box Jake Paul or summin’? (Netflix)
The Exchange — Season 2 finds Farida and Munira active players in the Kuwaiti stock market of 1987, but their success may be wholly temporary. Given that 1987 was the year Saddam Hussein invaded the country, I think we’re about to get a lesson in a lot of things that are wholly temporary. (Netflix)
La Dolce Villa — Scott Foley plays a dad who bonds with his daughter over the restoration of a dilapidated home in Tuscany. Come on, who doesn’t love a good fixer-upper? (I’m talking about Scott.) (Netflix)
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Premieres Friday:
The Dead Thing — Danger looms when a woman develops an erotic obsession with her barista. Listen, any risk is worth it if they let you use the bathroom and spell your name right. (Shudder)
The Gorge — A pair of expert snipers (Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller) are ordered to keep their sights trained on a mysterious subterranean menace, but they still have time to fall in love. And suddenly I’m changing my mind about waste at the Pentagon. (Apple TV+)
I Am Married … But! — In this 12-episode drama, dating apps are submitted as the possible salvation for Taiwanese folks who are unhappy with their domestic situation. Don’t they know that an entire country is waiting to woo them on RedNote? (Netflix)
Love Forever — A Swedish couple’s plans for a quiet, peaceful wedding are ruined by the antics of their unhinged guests. Yes, it’s all fun and games until Cousin Gunnar whips out that time-tested icebreaker, “Wanna see my Pippi Longstocking?” (Netflix)
Love Is Blind — Season 8 trades Washington, D.C., for Minneapolis, in a move that was clearly planned when everybody still thought Tim Walz was going to be first in line to the presidency. Rumor has it the show won’t be back in a red state until Season 10. Enjoy those tax audits, Lacheys! (Netflix)
Melo Movie — A cinephile and an aspiring filmmaker get a second chance at love in this Korean romance series. Hopefully they can get past the stumbling block they tripped over the first time around, which was the overwhelming opinion of the known world that people like them should not be allowed to breed. (Netflix)
Umjolo: There Is No Cure — This installment in the South African series of chick flicks centers on a disgraced beauty queen who writes a tell-all book. You know you’re in for a wild ride when the dedications are to Bishop Tutu and Ozempic. (Netflix)
Valeria — Season 4 is the last roundup for our quartet of Spanish gal pals. Watch them tackle the difficult decisions everybody has to face when a series is winding down, like which boyfriend to make a life with and how much to charge for photo ops at Dragon Con. (Netflix)
Premieres Monday:
American Murder: Gabby Petito — Now that Valentine’s Day is over, Netflix can get back to its real job of playing peek-a-boo with the corpses of white women. Now on the slab is Gabby Petito, the vlogger who became the subject of a national manhunt in 2021 amid speculation she had been offed by her fiancé. If you don’t remember the case, here’s a hint: Nobody gets three entire episodes out of speculation. (Netflix)
Premieres Tuesday:
Court of Gold — Spend quality time with Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and the rest of America’s champion hoopsters as they fulfill their destiny of dominating the 2024 Olympics. Then join me as I’m thrown into journalism jail for using the word “hoopsters.” (Netflix)
The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer — Fresh discoveries by the coroner shed new light on the case of Herb Baumeister, an Indiana businessman who killed multiple gay men in the 1990s. Come to think of it, maybe “fresh” isn’t the best word to use here. (Hulu)
Offline Love — Japanese singles are shipped offshore to find a mate, only to learn their personal devices are being confiscated to eliminate distractions. Fortunately, that just means cell phones. Vibrators are fine. (Netflix)
Rosebud Baker: The Mother Lode — The shoot-from-the-hip comic favors us with her impressions of new motherhood, in segments filmed both before and after she gave birth. That’s not edgy. You know what’s edgy? During. (Netflix)
Too Hot to Handle: Germany — The warmest and most passionate country on Earth introduces us to a second season’s worth of hotties who have to sublimate their horniest tendencies in pursuit of 200,000 Euros. I was going to say they could just channel their energies into annexing a neighboring country, but boy have we lost the right to make jokes like that for the foreseeable future. (Netflix)
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This article appears in Feb 12-18, 2025.